CVE-2024-10205: Hitachi Ops Center Auth Bypass Flaw

CVE-2024-10205 Overview

CVE-2024-10205 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor on Linux 64-bit platforms. The flaw resides in the Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer detail view component and the Hitachi Data Center Analytics component. Attackers can reach the affected interfaces over the network without authentication, prior interaction, or elevated privileges. The weakness is classified as Missing Authentication for Critical Function [CWE-306]. Successful exploitation grants high-impact tampering and service disruption against infrastructure analytics systems used to monitor enterprise storage estates.

Critical Impact

Unauthenticated network attackers can bypass authentication on Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer and Infrastructure Analytics Advisor, compromising integrity and availability of storage analytics workloads.

Affected Products

• Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer (Linux 64-bit) versions 10.0.0-00 through 11.0.2-x (fixed in 11.0.3-00)
• Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor (Linux 64-bit) versions 2.1.0-00 through 4.4.0-00
• Hitachi Data Center Analytics component within Infrastructure Analytics Advisor

Discovery Timeline

• 2024-12-17 - CVE-2024-10205 published to the National Vulnerability Database
• 2026-04-15 - Last updated in the NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-10205

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is an authentication bypass in the detail view component of Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer and the Hitachi Data Center Analytics component shipped with Infrastructure Analytics Advisor. The affected functionality fails to enforce authentication checks before processing requests, mapping directly to [CWE-306] Missing Authentication for Critical Function. Attackers can reach sensitive analytics functions across the network with no credentials and no user interaction.

The weakness primarily compromises integrity and availability of the affected products. An attacker can manipulate analytics data, alter configurations, or disrupt monitoring workflows used to oversee enterprise storage. Because Ops Center Analyzer and Infrastructure Analytics Advisor are typically deployed inside management networks adjacent to high-value storage assets, exploitation has downstream operational impact on storage administration and capacity planning.

Root Cause

The root cause is a missing authentication control on a critical function exposed by the analyzer detail view and data center analytics components. Requests that should require an authenticated session are accepted without verifying caller identity, allowing direct invocation of privileged operations.

Attack Vector

The attack vector is network-based with low complexity. An adversary with network reachability to the management interface of an affected appliance sends crafted requests to the vulnerable endpoints. No credentials, tokens, or social engineering are required. The vendor advisory describes the affected versions and patched releases; refer to the Hitachi Security Advisory HITACHI-SEC-2024-151 for component-level details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-10205

Indicators of Compromise

• Unauthenticated HTTP/HTTPS requests to Ops Center Analyzer detail view endpoints originating from unexpected source addresses
• Configuration changes or analytics data modifications in Hitachi Data Center Analytics with no corresponding authenticated administrator session
• Spikes in failed health checks, analytics ingestion errors, or service restarts on the analyzer hosts

Detection Strategies

• Inspect application and web server logs on Ops Center Analyzer and Infrastructure Analytics Advisor hosts for access to administrative paths without a preceding authentication event
• Correlate management network traffic to analyzer appliances against the authorized administrator IP allowlist
• Compare current product versions against the fixed releases (11.0.3-00 for Ops Center Analyzer) using software inventory data

Monitoring Recommendations

• Forward analyzer and host operating system logs to a centralized SIEM for correlation and retention
• Alert on any access to Hitachi management interfaces from outside the dedicated administration VLAN
• Monitor process integrity and service availability on Linux hosts running the affected components

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-10205

Immediate Actions Required

• Upgrade Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer to version 11.0.3-00 or later as specified in the vendor advisory
• Restrict network access to Ops Center Analyzer and Infrastructure Analytics Advisor management interfaces using firewall rules and segmentation
• Audit administrator accounts and analytics configurations for unauthorized changes since deployment of the affected versions

Patch Information

Hitachi addresses the issue in Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer 11.0.3-00. Customers running Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor versions 2.1.0-00 through 4.4.0-00 should follow the remediation guidance in the Hitachi Security Advisory HITACHI-SEC-2024-151, which lists fixed components and upgrade paths.

Workarounds

• Place affected appliances behind a jump host or VPN that enforces strong authentication before exposing the management interface
• Apply strict source IP allowlists at the network layer to limit access to known administrator workstations
• Disable external exposure of the analyzer detail view and data center analytics endpoints until patching is complete

# Example: restrict access to the Ops Center Analyzer management port to a trusted admin subnet
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22015 -s 10.10.20.0/24 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22015 -j DROP